The matrix looks flat? Totally different approach to a synth with sequencer than the Elektron model. There is not enoough detail in the pictures to make out the Dreadbox part yet – though i imagine it carries over a lot of the good parts from the Medusa prototype in the pictures in this thread above. The interface on the synth part looks really different.

Parameter locks?? Regardless i expect it to sound really good like the earlier Medusa proto.

Dreadbox better get ready for manufacture, because i think there should be some good demand, if they get the price right.

ADDED: This is speculation – they have 8 rows on the sequencer so it could be longer than eight ‘beats’ or it could affect multiple parameters simultaneously. Looking forward to hearing more on this.

I assume it will have a lot of the same features as the SEQ in a smaller box. The SEQ has been on a possible-buy list for me, as has been the Medusa .
So the New Medusa might be possible-buy x 2 = ‘must-have’.

ADDED: I know that part of the focus and redesign on the Medusa for Dreadbox was to move to a more manufacturable system – llke with changing to surface mount parts. (Their previous stuff was all through hole parts and much more labor internsive.) So hopefully price follows.